Comments on: Repairing Your Rusted Dishwasher Rack

By: Alberto Enriquez

Alberto Enriquez — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 22:35:20 +0000

This product works, but your best bet is just not to buy a dishwasher manufactured by the Whirlpool company (several brands including Sears)––or you’ll be forever “touching up” these racks.

I had a ’60s Kitchenaid that finally wore out after a number of easy home repairs. This Whirlpool is just THREE years old and failing! The thin polyvinyl coating is porous and allows the non-stainless steel rack underneath to rust and even break off tines altogether. Spoke with Whirlpool and without an “extended warranty” I’m on my own. How is it one set of racks lasted nearly 50 years––and this one only three?
Whirlpool engineering cuts too many corners.

By: HRG

HRG — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:40:27 +0000

In reply to Nancy Joens. Use just the goop coat for those areas. It may take more than one coat, and over time you’ll need to reapply. Just part of dealing with an older rack that is rusting.

By: Nancy Joens

Nancy Joens — Tue, 24 May 2011 16:23:17 +0000

in my dishwasher it is not just the tips of the tines but also small areas of the rack where plates sit. Will applying the goop coat the wire rack in these areas or would you suggest cutting a piece of the tip and glue it around the rusted areas?